KOCHI: The UDF released its election manifesto in Kochi on Friday. Releasing the manifesto, Opposition Leader Oommen Chandy said that monthly financial aid would be given to the families which had lost their breadwinners. Financial support would be given to the BPL families to marry off girls.
Sales tax on all life-saving medicines would be waived. Poor renal patients would be provided free treatment. The health insurance project would be extended to all the people in the state. The UDF would put an end to the exploitation by the other-state lotteries. Measures to strengthen the agriculture sector would be taken. Agricultural loans would be given at three percent interest, for which a master plan would be implemented in a time-bound manner. The illicit liquor lobby would be reined in. To attract investment to the state, public-private partnership, corporate investment and BOT would be encouraged.
Universities would be started in the names of Thunchath Ezhuthachan and Ayyankaly. Metro rail projects would be implemented in Kochi as well as in Thiruvananthapuram.
South-North high-speed corridor would be constructed to ensure hassle-free traffic. An additional 3,000 MW of electricity would be generated in the next five years. Electricity connections would be given to all the houses in the state. The government would deposit `1 lakh in the name of baby girls born in BPL, SC and ST families. KPCC president Ramesh Chennithala, UDF convener P P Thankachan, IUML general secretary P K Kunhalikutty, CMP leader M V Raghavan and Socialist Janata Party leader M P Veerendrakumar attended the programme.